As the slide show rolled on the screen and the 5th graders ate their farewell breakfast, I realized that this is my last official elementary school event. My baby is moving on to middle school and I will no longer have a child in elementary school. How did this happen? Wasn't it just yesterday that I entrusted my children into the care of this great school? Wasn't it just yesterday that I shadowed my daughter on her first few days of taking the bus to kindergarten? (No, I had no faith in the system. This was MY baby they were busing!). Wasn't it just yesterday that amazing artwork came home from kindergarten?
So today I sad on the hard bench at the lunchroom table looking at the faces of children who have grown and blossomed over the last 6 years. There are some who I didn't recognize at first, there were others who had the same face and hair; they just have bigger bodies now. Some 5th graders were taller than me. One appears destined to be a super model -- I never wore super high heels in 5th grade! Who am I kidding, I don't wear high heels! Low heels maybe, but forget the towering kind. I looked on and recalled the Halloween parade and the fun fairs. How these children have grown!
The program was simple and sweet. Applause was to be held for the end. Memory books and certificates were distributed. I admit it, I teared up at this milestone. Nobody else seemed to tear up, but maybe they didn't have their youngest child finishing elementary school. I wasn't tearful last year when Super Girl had her farewell breakfast (she isn't the sentimental type though.....) It is a shocking thing to realize that we are moving to another phase... my tweens will soon be teens. I'm grateful our elementary school does not play it as a graduation. I would not have survived the flash forward to high school caps and gowns.... Class of 2015 - it is not as far away as I'd like to think.
I will savor this day. I will celebrate that Wonder Boy was excited to have us at his school event. This will not last as my kids grown into teens who wish Mom and Dad would stay home... I will enjoy every bit of this time where Wonder Boy is thrilled to have us there to celebrate his day. I am grateful.... as I wipe away my tear and wonder where the time went... How can my baby be this old?
6 comments:
Aawwww. They do grow up so darn fast!
Congrats to the wonder boy! i SO UNDERSTAND your feelings. i don't know how i will take it when mine gets there!
Congratulations!! I cried at all 3 of my girls 5th grade graduations. I would have cried harder if I knew what was in store for me during the middle school years. Just kidding. Something about the end of elementary school, it tugs at my heart strings. It goes by too fast!
XOXO
My youngest is about two years away from the same equivalent here. Gagh! It does all go way too fast, doesn't it? [[[hugs]]]
Vyalayta
Mal :)
YOu are making me all misty-eyed. (Am in that misty mood today. My little guy has turned 6. Like you, I'm wondering where that time went?) They grow up too, too fast!
Thanks, great blog
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